Tuskegee looks to past for tourism future

2:04 AM,
Mar. 6, 2008

The Oaks, home of Booker T. Washington, is on the campus of Tuskegee University.

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Those who are attending Ma­con County's HisTourism Con­ference, which began Wednes­day and continues today at the Kellogg Conference Center & Hotel in Tuskegee, believe they will be just a few of the many who will come to Tuskegee to hear about its history.

Tuskegee Mayor Johnny Ford said heritage tourism has become one of the most popular forms of tourism, and he be­lieves Tuskegee can become one of its major destinations.

"This conference highlights all the African-American histo­ry that has taken place in Tuske­gee and the tourism opportuni­ties that this presents," he said. "We need ...